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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran Parliament rakes Pres. Rouhani over Coals on Economy as Centrists Weaken

Iran Parliament rakes Pres. Rouhani over Coals on Economy as Centrists Weaken

Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s parliament declared its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday, voting to reject his answers after grilling him over the deteriorating […]

Eric Randolph

Yemen
Yemen: Saudis, UAE, US and Houthis All Guilty of War Crimes – UN

Yemen: Saudis, UAE, US and Houthis All Guilty of War Crimes – UN

By Nina LARSON | – Geneva (AFP) – All sides in Yemen’s bloody conflict may have committed war crimes, UN investigators said Tuesday, highlighting deadly […]

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Muhammad and Islamic Peace Studies: Interview with Juan Cole

Muhammad and Islamic Peace Studies: Interview with Juan Cole

Author Juan Cole Detroit (World Religion News ) – Joseph Richard Preville, American Writer and Book Critic, interviews Juan Cole. Joseph Richard Preville: What problems […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Crown Prince vows Yemeni Children will "Shiver," but is He on Way Out?

Saudi Crown Prince vows Yemeni Children will “Shiver,” but is He on Way Out?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mohamed Bin Salman, the thirty-two-year-old crown prince of Saudi Arabia, is finding his wings clipped, by his father and by […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Launches Suit at UN Court against Trump Sanctions

Iran Launches Suit at UN Court against Trump Sanctions

By Jan Hennop and Roland Lloyd Parry | – The Hague (AFP) – Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States […]

AFP

Republican Party
From this AFP Report, it Seems Vietnam gave Warmer Tributes to McCain than Trump White House

From this AFP Report, it Seems Vietnam gave Warmer Tributes to McCain than Trump White House

Informed Comment syndicates select AFP pieces, and as I prepared this one for publication, the difference between the reported Vietnam response to his death and […]

AFP

Iraq
What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis

What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis

Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra

Reese Erlich

Climate Change
Burning Coal, Gas & Oil putting Millions at Risk of Starving

Burning Coal, Gas & Oil putting Millions at Risk of Starving

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the air threaten to sap wheat, rice, and other staple grains of valuable nutrients

Marlowe Hood

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Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)

Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)

Iran’s parliament on Sunday fired the Finance Minister, Massoud Karbasian, in a severe political setback for president Hassan Rouhani. The Iranian rial has fallen dramatically […]

Juan Cole

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